Australia’s startup ecosystem has outgrown the venture capital tax breaks on offer to boost early-stage tech investment, and are now acting as a handbrake as companies level up. That’s...
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Indirect carbon emissions from the operations of four of the leading AI-focused tech companies rose on average by 150 per cent from 2020-2023, due to the demands of power-hungry...
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Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres gave the opening address at the AFR AI Summit in Sydney this week, telling the business audience that Australia must “lean in” to...
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A series of “proof of value” AI trials will be conducted across the South Australian public sector as part of a new government program funded in the state Budget...
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Artificial intelligence is being deployed across NSW universities without central oversight, policies or strategies, leaving several institutions without a “complete understanding” of their use, a new audit has revealed....
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Renowned physicist and Silicon Quantum Computing founder Professor Michelle Simmons has joined the Tech Council of Australia board, bringing new hardware and manufacturing experience to its mostly software ranks....
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In June 2024, the Australian government ended the Women in STEM Ambassador program. The decision followed a report that urged a broader, intersectional approach to diversity in the fields...
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Apple on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) failed to persuade a US appeals court to pause key parts of a federal judge’s order requiring the iPhone maker to immediately open its...
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US tech giants’ removal of misinformation in Australia plummeted last year, new transparency data shows, with platforms like Facebook and YouTube taking down tens of thousands less posts and...
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Infosys’ global tech chief Rafee Tarafdar says companies will soon face a “third wave” of AI adoption, where they will need to balance the innovation gains of the technology...
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Industry group AusBiotech and Austrade have partnered to help unlock new export pathways for small and medium-sized businesses in Australia’s multi-billion dollar life sciences sector. The partnership will see...
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The federal Opposition has suffered an early blow to its shadow ministry, with Liberal candidate and proposed shadow assistant technology minister Gisele Kapterian missing out on the Sydney seat...
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Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it has struck an agreement with Constellation Energy to keep one of the utility’s reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years, in the Big...
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UK public servants saved an average of 26 minutes each day using Microsoft’s generative AI tool during a large-scale trial last year – less than half the time Australians...